Notable deaths of 2014

December 31, 2014 |Hearst Newspapers

These are the actors, musicians, politicians and other notable figures who died in 2014.

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Edward Herrmann, 1943-2014: The stage and screen actor best known as the patriarch on "The Gilmore Girls" died Dec. 31 in a New York City hospital where he was being treated for brain cancer. He was 71.

Edward Herrmann, 1943-2014: The stage and screen actor best known as the patriarch on "The Gilmore Girls" died Dec. 31 in a New York City hospital where he was being treated for brain cancer. He was 71.